...of the story and a commentary about the influence of the work in popular culture. The paper will identify the literary production of The Green Mile written in 1996 by Stephen King. The paper will provide a brief description of what the novel is about, Stephen King’s background, and rather the novel fits other literature of the genre. Furthermore, the paper will discuss the cultural significance; whether the novel is economically successful or has fan followings and also what cultural values are reinforced or challenged. Background The Green Mile is about a man that was sent to prison for the rap and murder of two little girls and a prison guard who over time believes in the man’s innocents. The readers believe in the man’s innocents from the beginning; since, many times when and African American is put in prison in the beginning of a story there is always an assumption that he or she is put in prison over something a Caucasian has done. The suspense in the novel makes it difficult to put the book down, just when the reader thinks that he or she thinks they know what will happen-something changes. Stephen King is known a writer of horror fiction; many of his stories have unsuspected endings. The endings of most of his work keep the reader in suspense wondering if there is going to be a sequel to the story and wanting more. The Green Mile is a piece of literature that fits into the fiction genre; however, it is not a piece that fits in with horror as the Stephen King is known...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BOOK REVIEW THE COMPLETE GREEN LETTERS BY JAMES A BYNUM SUBMITTED TO DR. RUSSEL BARKSDALE Introduction Miles J. Stanford, born in 1914 in Wheaton, Illinois, is the author of The Complete Green Letters. This publication combines five of his previous writings, The Green Letters: Principals of Spiritual Growth, Foundations of Spiritual Growth, The Ground of Growth, The Realization of Spiritual Growth, and A Guide to Spiritual Growth, into one compilation of a complete thought. Stanford wishes to convey through this publication, that in order to have spiritual growth, the believer must understand identity and status in Christ along with applications of basic spiritual principals. Stanford uses the writings of Paul as the backbone of his work as he is a strong proponent of Pauline principals. Summary Part One In The Complete Green Letters, Mile Stanford divides the book into five parts. These individual parts encompass several sub-topics for each part. The parts are actually titles of books that Stanford has written previously. Part one which is based on The Green Letters: Principals of Spiritual Growth discusses what is needed for spiritual growth. There are eighteen topics that assist in explaining this process. Faith, which is what is needed to establish any relationship with the Father is backed by the scriptures. Stanford states “Faith standing on the facts of the Word of God substantiates and gives evidence of things not seen”. Time which...
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...Green Supply Chain Management : Logistics and Distribution Prabhakar Ravishankar White Paper Important Confidentiality Notice This document is disclosed only to the recipient to whom this document is addressed to and is pursuant to a relationship of confidentiality under which the recipient has obligations to confidentiality. This document constitutes confidential information and contains proprietary information belonging to MphasiS Limited. The confidential information is to be used by the recipient only for the purpose for which this document is supplied. The recipient must obtain MphasiS Limiteds written consent before the recipient or any other person acting on its behalf, communicate any information on the contents or the subject matter of this document or part thereof to any third party. The third party to whom the communication is made includes individual, firm or company, or an employee or employees of such a firm and company. The recipient, by its receipt of this document, acknowledges that this document is confidential information and contains proprietary information belonging to MphasiS Limited and further acknowledges its obligation to comply with the provisions of this notice. The contents of this document are provided in commercial confidence, solely for the purpose of evaluating whether the contract should be awarded to MphasiS. The information contained in this document represents the views and opinions of MphasiS on the issues discussed, as of the date...
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...Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAIBS) MA Marketing & Innovation Ford Focus Electric – The Future of Transportation Model Title: Marketing Design and Innovation Module Code: MOD001223 SID: 1236789 Academic Year: 2013/14 Semester: 1 1 Ford Focus Electric – The Future of Transportation SID-1236789 Cambridge Attempt 1 ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY Assignment Coversheet Student Number: 1236789/1 FACULTY Lord Ashcroft International Business School ASSIGNMENT DETAILS Module Code / Occ / Year MOD001223 / C-1 / 2013/4 Module Title Marketing Design Innovation Module Element 010 - ASSIGNMENT 2000 WORDS To be marked by Submission date (by 5p.m.) 06/01/2014 Submission of this assignment agrees to the following: I understand that the piece of work submitted will be considered as the final and complete version of my assignment of which I am otherwise the sole author. I understand both the meaning and consequences of plagiarism and that my work has been appropriately attributed unless otherwise stated. I have not knowingly allowed another to copy my work. Mitigation – you have 5 working days after the deadline to submit a claim for mitigating circumstances. If there are matters or circumstances which have had a serious adverse effect on your performance in any assessment, you are advised to seek advice from a Student Adviser. Forms are available from the iCentre. WORD COUNT Disk included (tick) ASSESSMENT...
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...There is a growing need for businesses to “go green” in more comprehensive ways. Many businesses have made changes like recycling paper and toner cartridges, cutting back on air conditioning, heating, and lighting, and creating car and van pools for employees. But there is much, much more that businesses can do. Making a commitment to preserving the environment and reducing landfill waste is not only the right thing to do, it is also good business. Recycling services can cost less than traditional waste collection services. Many customers and clients seek out “green” businesses and use environmental-friendliness as criteria for selecting their business partners. Research shows that employee retention and recruitment can also benefit through cost savings and good will. For many employees, working for a “green” company is a high priority in choosing a job. Increasing recycling also strengthens the economy by creating jobs in collection and reuse industries. Government contractors should be particularly eager to participate in green initiatives: Contractors will be expected to consider environmental impact when bidding on federal contracts. There are many common items that businesses should consider recycling. Older model televisions contain lead and other heavy metals, along with compounds that threaten the environment. Rubber tires and tubes are traditionally difficult to dispose of, but with recycling can be remade into entirely new products. The metals and plastics in audio...
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...notion of campuses that are energy-efficient and ecologically friendly, and that provide a healthy, productive, comfortable environment for students and staff has been around for some time. But for many educators, green schools have remained more good intention than proven approach, a huge risk that few school leaders could--or would--take. According to Kristen Heinen, assistant director of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS), the idea of green building was unknown to most educators. However, public awareness and interest have grown significantly due to education campaigns on specific environmental problems such as climate change, children's health, water quality, and electronic waste. These issues hit home for parents, students, teachers, and administrators who spend a significant amount of time in school buildings that contribute to these problems. Over the past year, CHPS has seen a steady increase in school districts that incorporate green building practices due to a greater awareness of buildings' impact on children's health and the environment, and also because green schools have proven to be financially beneficial to districts. This article discusses the benefits of green schools and their impact on students' health and the environment. GOING GREEN: AT first glance, the most striking aspect of Inderkum High School in northwest Sacramento, may be the glass. Windows sheathe most of the school, culminating in a towering, curving reflective wall of glass...
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...Communications Report | Effective Business Communications | | Effective Business Communications Prepared for Prepared by November 13, 2012 Letter of Authorization Alvin C. Miles Director of Business Development Lecturer of Management EMBA Coles College of Business Kennesaw State University October 29, 2012 Team Green Fusion EMBA Coles College of Business Kennesaw State University Dear Team Green Fusion: The documents (3 in total) directly beneath this assignment should be used to complete your formal communications report. This assignment is broken in to two parts: your team's evaluation of your assigned team's individual presentations and the formal communications report. This is to be a team assignment. This assignment is to be completed by November 18th Business report and presentation slides are available for review in the Business Communication Learning Module. Please look at the notes associated with each slide for additional information: A Microsoft Word template has also been supplied as a starting point for the formal report. If there are questions, the team is expected to delineate guidelines through research, inquiry, and rational decision making. I anticipate that teams will search for formal report guidelines to get specificity on structure, or look up white papers to read sample abstracts. In a Master’s program, this is the expectation. Each report will vary according to the interpretation of the requirements...
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...Team Synthesis Business Case for Sustainability Recommendation: Packaging The process of brewing beer is essentially the same for the industry as a whole. There are two stages in the brewing process; (1) the extraction of sugars from cereal grains and (2) the fermentation of these sugars to make alcohol. However, the packaging for large breweries, consists upwards of 50% of the weight during shipping from the brewer to the distributor and then to retailers (Dornbusch, 2010). Studies have shown that the aluminum can beats out the glass bottle when it comes to life cycle analysis of the materials including the recycling and reuse of each material. Aluminum cans, when recycled, use 95% less energy and produce 95% less carbon emissions than the glass bottle, which uses a mere 2-3% less energy when recycled (EPA, 2012). Another important fact is that while consumers often complain about taste differences in aluminum cans versus bottles, studies show that aluminum is better at protecting beer from the elements, especially during transport when temperatures fluctuate the most (Presidio Economics, 2011) . I will further explore the “consumer taste” issue in the next recommendation. Other evidence for producing more product in aluminum cans versus glass bottles is that aluminum cools quicker in a cooling environment than glass (Shevlin & Soffen, 2009), requiring less refrigeration when shipping beer in aluminum cans rather than glass bottles. Another obvious savings...
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...2013 Chevrolet Volt The 2013 Chevrolet Volt is a plug in hybrid vehicle that is manufactured by the GM (General Motors). It uses electric batteries and the motors to power the wheels and it’s combined with a gas engine that gives off power when the battery is low. The gas power allows you to travel hundreds of additional miles. The Volt makes driving smooth, quiet and easy to use. Some features in this vehicle is, it comes with a 120-volt portable charge cord, has 17̎ 5-spoke painted aluminum wheels and, a remote vehicle started system. The Chevrolet Volt has won numerous awards such as the 2009 Green Car Vision Award, 2011 Green Car of the Year, 2011 North American Car of the Year, 2011 World Green Car and 2012 European Car of the Year. The Volt is still the best eco-vehicle in the world. Features Compared to other vehicles, the volt has better features, safety systems and many more. This chart shows the comparison between the features of 2013 Chevrolet Volt and 2013 Ford C-Max Energi 5dr HB SEL. 2013 Chevrolet Volt vs. 2013 Ford C-Max Energi 5dr HB SEL. | Features | 2013 Chevrolet Volt | 2013 Ford C-Max Energi 5dr HB SEL. | Standard Engine | Gas/Electric I4 | Gas/Electric I4 | Drivetrain | Front wheel drive | Front Wheel Drive | Fuel Injection | Electronic Fuel Injection | Electronic Fuel Injection | 4-Wheel ABS | Standard | Standard | 4- wheel Disc Brakes | Standard | Standard | Cloth Seats | Standard | Not Available | Leather Wrapped Steering Wheel...
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...operations and the impacts on the 10 countries which they operate in, all while considering social, economic, ethical and environmental impacts. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) promotes accountability of businesses in a wide range of stakeholders beyond shareholders and investors. The main areas of interest of CSR are to protect the environment and welfare of workers, community and society at large, both today and tomorrow (Corporate Social Responsibility in the Coca Cola Company, n.d.). Some of the ways they are socially responsible are a program called Wings & Wishes. Established in 2006, a group of employees from Coca-Cola Sabco Ltd had the innovative idea to donate their frequent flyer miles as part of an internal Corporate Social Responsibility initiative. These frequent flyer miles were in turn used to transport critically ill children and a family member to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town for treatment. To date Wings & Wishes have sponsored 5603 flights! Another organization that Coca Cola has been supporting for 30 years is the Tidy Britain Group; which helps local authority’s efforts to keep the local environment clean. To keep the environment clean means eliminating litter, disposing of abandoned cars, graffiti control and dog fouling. In a recent campaign by the Tidy Britain group, Litter Prevention Commitment, asked businesses to raise awareness of the social, economic and environmental impact of litter. Of course Coca Cola led the way in being one...
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...Demographics a. Age b. Gender c. Income d. Ethnicity Psychographics Green Marketing Strategies The Decision Making Process a. About the Process b. Problem Recognition c. Information Search d. Evaluation of Alternatives e. Product Choice and Outcome f. Conclusion Diffusion of Innovation a. About the Process b. Compatibility c. Trialability d. Complexity e. Observability f. Relative advantage g. Prediction of Future Diffusion Conclusion Works Cited 2 3 4 6 9 10 12 16 20 23 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is a comprehensive report that discusses the innovation of the fuel efficient and environmentally friendly hybrid vehicle, which types of consumers purchase them and suggests certain Consumer Behavior concepts that explain why they are becoming so popular. The report begins with a brief explanation of the vehicles history along with a short explanation of how the vehicle operates. It also explains how the impacts of our economy and the environment have created a new wave of popularity and demand for the hybrid. It then transitions into the demographics and psychographics segment of the hybrid target market: age, gender, income, ethnicity, and the environmentally conscious attitudes that create the demand to purchase a hybrid vehicle. The next section of the report suggests three consumer behavior concepts that are associated with the purchase of a hybrid vehicle. The first is the concept of Green Marketing, which focuses on the business activities that hybrid vehicle...
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...Measuring food by the mile How much of your dinner tonight will have been grown locally? And how much will have travelled several hundred miles - even several thousand miles - to reach your table? Measuring food miles is a complex task but, reports Tim Lobstein, the results make disturbing reading. Living Earth and The Food Magazine An analysis of the materials needed to produce our food can be startling. Ten litres of orange juice needs a litre of diesel fuel for processing and transport, and 220 litres of water for irrigaton and washing the fruit. The water may be a renewable resource, but the fuel is not only irreplaceable but is a pollutant, too. The problem is that fossil fuels, such as petrol and diesel are remarkably cheap. The price of the fuel itself does not reflect the cost of providing the roads on which the vehicles travel. Nor does it reflect the cost of the environmental damage that burning fossil fuel creates. Nor the cost of developing alternatives when the oil wells run dry. All these costs will have to be paid for sooner or later, but they are not added to the price of the food. If they were we might think very differently about whether we wanted to pay the true price for fresh lettuces from California, strawberries from Israel, and flowers from Kenya. Food Miles Madness The real cost of food miles madness are seldom reflected in the price of food,' says SAFE Alliance co-ordinator Hugh Raven, 'It costs in terms of diverting land...
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...Kelsey Squiers PP&D 212 March 14, 2014 University of California Biking Proposal – Environmental Impacts Background In the spring of 2013, the University of California, Irvine (UCI) was ranked by the League of American Bicyclists (LAB), one of the most respected bicycle advocacy associations in the country, as a Silver level bike-friendly university. The LAB’s ranking system is based on five “E” aspects (engineering, education, encouragement, enforcement, and evaluation). A Silver ranking means that UCI “[d]efinitely feel[s] welcoming to bikes but there is still usually work to be done in two or three of the “E”s to undergird the bicycling culture and opportunities” (bikeleague.org). While UCI provides sustainable transportation incentives, has some infrastructure for biking, a bike-rental program, and is home to a few bike-enthusiast clubs, the campus is falls short in three of the LAB’s “E”s: Engineering, Education, and Encouragement. Engineering: There are three types of bicycle routes on the UCI campus. These include dedicated bicycle paths, pedestrian/bicycle shared paths, roads with bike lanes, and a small number of sharrows (located on the roads within housing complexes). Currently, there are only three distinct sections of the UCI campus that have dedicated bicycle lanes, which are all located on the outskirts of campus. The most commonly used bike path within the UCI campus is a mixed pedestrian/bicycle path encircling Aldrich Park. Roads with bike lanes make...
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...Cade Pendleton English 2010 Angie Carter June 14, 2012 Final Research Paper Man’s Best Friend: Dogs or Technology A few years ago I had the opportunity to job shadow a canine (k9) officer while he was participating in routine training with his dog. Little did I know, “routine training” meant all police canine officers in Salt Lake County, Utah County, and Davis County would assemble at an abandoned building and practice multiple real life scenarios. As I stood and watched in awe all night, I witnessed a few unsettling scenarios. First, I witnessed dog being released on command to attack a person acting as a criminal. The attack wasn’t the unsettling part about the scenario. What really bothered me was seeing the dog misidentify a fellow police officer as the criminal and attack the officer, who unfortunately was not in a bite suit. A bite suit is protective clothing the trainers wear when training their dogs to attack. Since the officer was not wearing protective gear, he suffered many lacerations and received multiple stiches. As the night continued, I was able to watch another training scenario involving Taser guns or stun guns. Unlike the dog, this technique worked flawlessly. The officer was able to take down the accurate perpetrator in a proficient manner and no fellow officers were injured. On this particular night, there was an accidental injury that doesn’t happen often involving the canine. However, this introduced a couple of questions. Does this happen frequently...
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...From concern to consumption Influencing the purchase behavior of green consumers ndustrial pollution is widely blamed for many environmental problems. Awareness of such issues has risen dramatically over recent years. As a result, concern for the environment now occupies a prominent place in public consciousness. Most business organizations realize this and fully accept the need to conduct their affairs in a socially responsible manner. Environmental welfare is a major part of this obligation. Compliance is a must. I Opportunity knocks But demand for green solutions also presents firms with a rich source of opportunity. Smart operators will be alert to this. Developing products that benefit rather than harm the environment can prove a highly lucrative exercise. An ability to create such products is not sufficient though. Companies need to get the message across too. Knowledge about product eco-friendliness remains limited among many consumer groups, making it vital that firms and marketers provide information which is accurate and reliable. Anything short of this increases consumer skepticism and damages trust. The prospect of purchase would then seem a million miles away. Is product greenness enough to tempt the consumer? Invariably not. In fact, the environmental performance of their purchase is often way down the list of priorities. People still attach greater merit to such as value for money, quality and performance reliability. Few are prepared to compromise. There’s...
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